Establish/Confirm Connection

Note: If you made all necessary IP address or DNS name settings in ViPNet Manager, you don't need to enter the IP addresses or DNS names of other coordinators. What's more, if you did the necessary settings in ViPNet Manager, you don't need to select a communication type. If the coordinator works through a firewall on the border of the local network that allows you to set static rules of address translation, you should do additional settings on this firewall.

If more than one coordinator was created in ViPNet Manager, they need to be connected to each other first. To do this, the IP address of each coordinator needs to be entered in each coordinator. This can be the public IP addresses of coordinators directly connected to the Internet, or the IP addresses of the gateways or firewalls in the local area networks the coordinators use to connect to the Internet.

For more information on DNS names, refer to DNS and WINS Services.

To establish/confirm the connection between the coordinator and another coordinator:

1. Select Private Network and double-click the coordinator. The Access rule dialog box appears:

   

2. Click the IP addresses tab.
3. To add the IP address of another coordinator:
   1. Click the Add button.

      

   2. Type the IP address and click OK.
4. To add a DNS name of another coordinator:
   1. Tick the Use DNS name check box.
   2. Click the Add button. The DNS name dialog box appears:

      

   3. Type the DNS name. Note: You can get DNS names for ViPNet network nodes from your organization's network administrator.
   4. Click OK twice to save your settings.
5. To choose the connection type between the coordinators:
   1. Select Settings on the main window.

      

   2. Depending on the location of the coordinator, either activate (tick) or deactivate (leave blank) the Use Firewall check box. You can find out which options are applicable in the section on routing of IP traffic.
6. If the coordinator will also (or exclusively) be used for the purpose of tunneling unprotected systems from the local network, make the necessary tunneling settings.
7. To check the connection to the other coordinator:
   1. Select Private Network on the main window.
   2. Click the ViPNet coordinator from the right-hand side of the screen and either:
      • Click ,
      • Right-click and select Check Connection from the pop-up menu, or
      • Press the F5 key.

        If all your settings are correct, you will receive a message confirming the client connection with the coordinator is successful. If you don't receive this message, check your settings.

8. After the connections between coordinators and clients are established and confirmed, you can start configuring the integrated firewall according to your security policy.

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